CURRICULUM VITAE
Cristiane de Albuquerque Cavalcanti
Granittvg.5, Krokelvdalen, Tromsø 9022
Norway
Cellular: 45467899
e-mail: cristiane.jacobsen@uit.no
1. Personal Details
Birth: November 10th, 1971
Place of birth: Aracaju, Brazil
Jacobsen
Nationality: Brazilian
Marital status: Married
2. Fluent Languages
Portuguese- mother tongue
English
Spanish
Written- Good
Norwegian
3. Degrees
Ph.D. on Science, with orientation to molecular biology and aquaculture. Northwest Center of Biological
Research (CIBNOR) - Mexico /Uppsala University - Sweden). Thesis: “Proteinaceous inhibitors of
proteases from the midgut gland of decapods”, January 2002.
Master on Aquaculture. Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). Thesis: “Digestive proteases from
Piracanjuba (Brycon orbignyanus – Pisces) and in vitro digestibility”, September 1998.
University Degree: Fisheries Engineering. UFRPE-Federal Rural University of PE (Brazil). Monograph: “Cytogenetic
of Matrinxã (Brycon cephalus)”, January 1996.
4. Academic Prizes
Laureate Student - Fisheries Engineering Course, Recife, Brazil, January 1996.
Prized Poster at 52nd Pacific Fisheries Technologists, USA, 2000.
5. Work Experience
Country Institution
Brazil
 Boutique Chic
 CrisMoni
 UFRPE
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USA
Mexico
UFsCar
 Tilapia
Aquaculture, INC.
Palmetto, Florida¨

Biochem.LabCIBNOR
5. Work Experience
Activity
 Women’s clothe retail, 1986, 1987
 Production / vending of organic sandwiches, 1990 -1993
 Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and Curimbatá
(Prochilodus lineatus) physiology (reproduction,
development, nutrition) 1990 –
 Tilapia sex reversal, 1993.
 Fish cytogenetic, 1995.
 Secretary, 1994.
 Research/development manager, 1994.
 Tilapia Marketing.
 Tilapia hatchery management,1994.
 Tilapia sex reversal,1994.
 Tilapia super male program, 1994.
 Tilapia Physiology Course, 1994.

Proteolytic enzymes from the digestive tract of
Piracanjuba (Brycon orbignyanus), and in vitro
digestibility, 1997 to 1998.
 Purification and characterization of inhibitors of
protease from the digestive system of crustaceans, 1999
to 2000.
Position
Seller
Freelancer
Internship
Internship
Internship
Secretary
Manager
Internship
Internship
Internship
Internship
Lecturer
Master thesis
Ph.D. Thesis
Sweden  Comp.
Physiol.-Uppsala
University
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Internship
Antibacterial peptides from crayfish, 2000 to 2001.
Purification and characterization of inhibitors of protease
Ph.D. Thesis
from the digestive system of crustaceans, 2001.
Norway 
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The role of hepatic scavenger endothelial cell in the
recognition and degradation of foreign DNA, and its role in
the liver physiology, 2003-2004.
Human blood samples analysis for the detection of
specific IgG, IgM and IgA against Cry 1ab, 2004.
Teacher and lab instructor in the course: Holistic
Foundations for Assessment and Regulation of Genetic
Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms,
2003,2004, 2006, 2007.
Portuguese teacher, 2003-2004.
Functional Proteomics of malaria, 2004.
Interactions between foreign DNA and hepatic
scavenger endothelial cells, in vitro and in vivo, 20062007.
Antibacterial/anticancer peptides and mass
spectrometry, lab instructor, 2010 – present.
GenØk
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Folkeuniversitet
 University of
Tromsø
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Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria, 2010 – 2011
Post-Doc
Post-Doc
Lecturer/lab
instructor
Lecturer
Post-Doc
Post-Doc
Overingeniør
/lab instructor
Overingeniør
(20%)
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Motherhood permission, 2005
Job permission, 2008-2009
 Volunteer for counseling patients with Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalopati (ME), 2009 – present
6. Extra-curricular courses
Country
Course
Brazil
 Fresh Water Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) Culture, July 1989.
 Fish Gonads Histology, December 1991.
 Aquaculture Experimental Planning, December 1992.
 I Cycle of Conferences about the Role of the Fisheries Engineering, April to August 1992
 Cytogenetic of Fishes and Applications, February 1995.
 Fish diseases and preventions, September 1996.
 Enzymatic Technology Applied to Aquatic Organisms, August 1997.
 Effect of environment factors on the physiology of fishes, August 1998.
USA
Tilapia Aquaculture, INC., in Palmetto, Florida, USA:
 Tilapia Hatchery Management, January to December 1994.
 Genetic Management and selection of Tilapia, September to December 1994.
 Tilapia Marketing Presentation, 1994.
Mexico
Research Center for Food and Development, Mexico:
 Safety for Working with Radioactive Material, April 1999.
Norway
 Laboratory Animal Science for Researchers-Felasa Category C, 2003.
 Genome Sequence Analysis Workshop, 2004.
 Safety in the lab, 2004.
 Introduction to Micro-array, 2004.
7. Attended Conferences
Country
Conference
Brazil
 VII National Meeting of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Santos, Brazil, 1991.
 I Congress of Scientif Iniciatiation of UFRPE, Recife, Brazil, 1991.
 II Congress of Scientif Iniciatiation of UFRPE, Recife, Brazil, 1993.
 VIII Brazilian Congress of Fisheries Engeneering, Aracaju, 1993.
 X Brazilian Meeting of Ictiology, São Paulo, Brazil, 1993.
 45a Yearly Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Development of Science (SBPC),
Recife, Brazil, 1993.
 I Congresso BR de Aquicultura, João Pessoa, Brazil, November 1993.
 XI Brazilian Meeting of Ictiology, Campinas, Brazil, 1995.
 III Special Meeting of SBPC, Florianópolis, 1996.
 I South American Congress of Aquaculture -Recife, Brazil, 1998.
Chile
 IX Latin American Congree of Aquaculture, Coquimbo, Chile, 1996 .
Mexico
 IV International Simposium of Aquatic Nutrition, La Paz, Mexico, 1998.
Canada
 51th Pacific Fisheries Technologists, Canada, 1999.
USA
 52nd Pacific Fisheries Technologists, USA, 2000.
8. Researches Presented at Conferences
Country
Title, Conference, Date
Brazil
 Colossoma macropomun fingerling growth in captivity, at I C. I. C.- UFRPE, August 1992
Chile
 Cytogenetic of Brycon cephalus, at IX Encuentro L. A. de Aquicultura, October 1996
Canada
 Digestive proteolytic enzymes in Brycon orbignyanus juveniles 51th Pacific Fisheries
Technologists, March 1999
 Application of an in vitro digestibility method, at 51th Pacific Fisheries Technologists,
March 1999
USA
 Inhibitors of digestive proteases in penaeids, at 52 nd Pacific Fisheries Technology, April
2000
 Shrimp protease characterization, at 52nd Pacific Fisheries Technology, April 2000
9. Publications
 Cavalcanti, C., Almazán, A., Cortés, P., and Carreño, F.L.(2000).Proteinases From Marine Organisms
In: Recent advances in Marine Biotechnology. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi. Vol 6.
 Carreño, F.L., Cavalcanti, C., del Toro, M. N., and Zaniboni E.(2002). Digestive proteinases of Brycon
orbignyanus (Characidae, Teleostei). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 132: 343-352.
 Albuquerque-Cavalcanti, C., del Toro, M.A., Hernandez-Cortés, M.P., and García-Carreño, F.L
(2001).Trypsin and trypsin inhibitors from penaeid shrimp. Journal of Food Biochemistry 26: 233-251.
 Cavalcanti-Jacobsen, C., Traavik, T., and Smedsrød, B. (2009) The role of hepatic SEC in the clearance
of foreign DNA from the blood stream. Manuscript
 Cavalcanti-Jacobsen (20012) A Novel method to wash cells from incubating with DNA. Manuscript
 Cavalcanti-Jacobsen, C., (20012) Inhibitors of proteases with therapeutical roles. Manuscript
 Cavalcanti-Jacobsen, C. (20012) My cure for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalopati (ME).
Manuscript